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W. EDENBORN. MACHINE FOR 001mm WIRE.

No. 429,511, PatentedJune 3,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM EDENBORN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI;

MACHINE FOR COILING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,511, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed October 9, 1889. Serial No. 326,426. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDENBORN, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Coiling Wire, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of' this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for coiling wire as it comes from the finishing-rolls of a reducing-mill; and my inven tion consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation illustrative of my invention. Fig. II is a section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a detail top view. Fig. IV is an enlarged detail section of the outer end of the distributing-tube. Fig. Vis a similar view of the inner part of the distributing-tube.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a pair of rolls, through which the wire passes just before being coiled. From the rolls the wire passes through a pipe or tube 2 3. This tube 2 3 is made in two sections, one telescoping the other, as shown in Fig. V. The part 2 of the tube is rigidly secured to an arm 4 ofa supporting-standard 5, and the part 3 of the tube is supported by a ball-andsocket connection with the standard 5, as shown in Fig. I. It will thus be seen that the outer part 3 of the tube is free to move laterally and vertically while it is held from longitudinal movement.

6 represents a rod or pitman secured to the outer end of the part 3 of the tube, preferably by means of a ball-and-socket joint, as shown at 7 in Fig. I. fulcrumed to a hanger 8 at- 9 by means of a box 10, having preferably .a ball-and-socket connection with the rod or pitman. The upper end of the rod or pitman is connected by a ring and eccentric 11 to an operating-shaft 12, provided with a suitable driving-pulley. It will thus be seen that when the shaft 12 is turned acircular movement will be imparted to the outer end of the part 3 of the tube, the bearing between the pitman or rod and the box 10 permitting this movement; and

This pitman or rod is for the purpose of regulating the amount of movement imparted to the outer end of the 'tube 3, I make the box 10 vertically adj ustable by means of a slot-and-pin connection 13 with the hanger 8. By moving the box up or down, the throw of the lower end of the pitman will be increased or diminished.

The extreme outer end or nozzle of the part 3 of the tube is preferably provided with a removable bearing-nipple 15, which can be removed and replaced by another when it becomes worn. Beneath the outer end of the tube is a cylindrical body 16, which is preferably made of cone shape at its upper end, and around this cylinder the wire is wound as it issues from the pipes or tubes 2 3, into which it passes from the rollers 1, the outer end of the tube describing a circle, as stated, which eifects the distribution of the wire around the cylinder. Surrounding the cylinder is a plate 17, secured to a rod 18, supported in boxes 19, and provided with an operating-lever 20, and preferably with a counterbalance-weight 21. When the necessary amount of wire has been coiled upon the cylinder, the plate or apron 17 may be raised (by operating the lever 20) from the position shown in full lines, Fig. I, to the position shown in dotted lines, so that the coil can be conveniently removed or taken away; and it may be thus removed or taken awayby means of an endless belt or chain 22, provided with teeth, if necessary, and mounted on operating-rollers.

A coiling-machine thus constructed is cheap and durable, and effectually performs the function for which it is intended.

I claim as my invention 1. In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a horizontal distributing-tube, apivoted rod or pitman suspended above the same, connected at one end to the tube and at the other end an operating-shaft, and a body around which the wire is coiled, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a horizontal distributing-tube, a'body around which the wire is coiled, a rod or pitman suspended above the tube, having a balland-socket connection with the-outer end of the tube, and a pivotal ball-and-socket connection witha hanger, andan operating-shaft, crating-lever for lifting the coils from the substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. body, substantially as set forth. 3. In a Wire-coiling machine, the combination of a distributing-tube, mechanism for op- EDENBORN' 5 erat-ing the tube, a body around which the In presence of wire is coiled as it issues from the tube, and E. S. KNIGHT, a pivoted plate or apron provided with an op- BENJN. A. KNIGHT. 

